Want to curl up with a new book this winter? Look no further than these sweet seasonal stories – the book version of a Hallmark film!
• All available from Waterstones
A December to Remember
by Jenny Bayliss, £8.99
Half-sisters Maggie, Simone and Star couldn’t be more different – and they have hardly seen each other in years, since summers spent in the quaint village of Rowan Thorp at the home of their eccentric dad Augustus.
Augustus certainly kept tongues wagging and ladies swooning – but he was loved by all and known by none, not even his daughters.
But years later, the three women are reunited at the reading of Augustus’ will – and he has engineered a series of hoops for them to seemingly jump through to unlock their inheritance.
So spending the winter months in Rowan Thorp, they’re forced to confront the lives they left behind – as old wounds surface and long-buried secrets come to light, the sisters have to work together if they want to get their money.
Escape to the Swiss Chalet
by Carrie Walker, £9.99
Holly Roberts famously hates the cold – so no one is more surprised than her when she actually agrees to pack her bags and move to the Swiss Alps.
But after a tough break-up, spending the winter season working as a sous-chef for wealthy twins, Genevieve and Luca, might be just what she needs.
Home to millionaires, Holly feels out of place in her snow-topped wooden cha
